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Edmonton police investigate guitar thefts
EDMONTON – An Edmonton charity is hoping to get autographed guitars returned after they were stolen during a weekend break-in at its office. Todd Crawshaw of the Rock and Roll Society of Edmonto...
Apr 3, 2018
AER suspends oil and gas company's licences
EDMONTON- Alberta’s energy regulator says it has suspended the licences of an oil and gas producer after no one answered its 1-800 emergency phone line when one of its hydrocarbon handling facil...
Apr 3, 2018
India withdraws sweeping new rule clamping down on fake news
NEW DELHI - India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday withdrew a sweeping new order clamping down on journalists accused of spreading fake news. The U-turn came hours after the...
Apr 3, 2018
Egypt's election produces surprise runner-up: Invalid votes
CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s victory in last week’s election was never in doubt, but the vote produced a surprise runner-up - an unusually large number of invalid bal...
Apr 3, 2018
CFL Alumni Association partners with brain exercise and assessment company
When Bob Bronk began experiencing brief memory lapses six years ago, he wondered if they were due to getting older or the concussions he suffered playing football. The former Toronto Argonauts running...
Apr 3, 2018
Alberta Mountie injured during deadly gunfight released from hospital
EVANSBURG- An RCMP officer who was wounded in a gunfight that ended with a fleeing suspect shot dead has been released from hospital. RCMP Cpl. Laurel Scott says Sgt. Brian Topham was released Saturda...
Apr 3, 2018
Argentine drought hits farmers hard, undermining economy
PERGAMINO, Argentina - Jorge Josifovich is silent and downcast as he walks under the pounding sun in one of Argentina’s most fertile agricultural regions, staring at soy crops parched by the cou...
Apr 3, 2018
French strikes cause railway chaos and challenge Macron
PARIS - A major French railway strike brought the country’s famed high-speed trains to a halt Tuesday, leaving passengers stranded or scrambling for other options - and posing the biggest test s...
Apr 3, 2018
Market still waiting for Spotify's first public trade
SAN FRANCISCO - Spotify is still waiting to find out whether investors view its music streaming service as a budding superstar or a flash in the pan. The Swedish company will make its stock market deb...
Apr 3, 2018
Judge to decide if Nazi 'troll storm' is protected speech
MISSOULA, Mont. - Attorneys for a neo-Nazi website publisher and a Montana woman will ask a judge Tuesday to decide whether the white nationalist had a First Amendment right to unleash a “troll ...
Apr 3, 2018